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Got screwed out of $800 from a POS
Posted on 6/22/23 at 11:14 am
Posted on 6/22/23 at 11:14 am
I was looking for a used zero turn lawn mower. Family member sends me the number to one from an ex coworker (who was the wife of the person selling it). Says they are good people.
I text the guy and he gives me the details on it. Explains all the things he changed (new blades, new battery, etc). Says the machine won't start because the carbeurator needs to be cleaned, but he has never changed one before.
So I send someone out that knows way more about lawn mowers than me to pick it up if all is well. Everything the guy says about what he had done to it checks out. So I purchased the lawn mower.
Get it to a guy to clean out the carbeurator, and they tell me that the carbeurator is perfectly clean, but the motor on the lawn mower is shot. They told me that the lawn mower is pretty much not worth shite.
I get in touch with the person who sold it to me, and he basically says that it sucks, but I knew the lawn mower didn't start. Then stops responding to anything.
(I'll work on posting pics of exactly what he told me).
frick that piece of shite.
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I text the guy and he gives me the details on it. Explains all the things he changed (new blades, new battery, etc). Says the machine won't start because the carbeurator needs to be cleaned, but he has never changed one before.
So I send someone out that knows way more about lawn mowers than me to pick it up if all is well. Everything the guy says about what he had done to it checks out. So I purchased the lawn mower.
Get it to a guy to clean out the carbeurator, and they tell me that the carbeurator is perfectly clean, but the motor on the lawn mower is shot. They told me that the lawn mower is pretty much not worth shite.
I get in touch with the person who sold it to me, and he basically says that it sucks, but I knew the lawn mower didn't start. Then stops responding to anything.
(I'll work on posting pics of exactly what he told me).
frick that piece of shite.
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Posted on 6/22/23 at 11:15 am to Hold That Tiger 10
Small claims court.
Posted on 6/22/23 at 11:15 am to Hold That Tiger 10
quote:
So I send someone out that knows way less about lawn mowers than me to pick it up if all is well. Everything the guy says about what he had done to it checks out. So I purchased the lawn mower.
Posted on 6/22/23 at 11:15 am to Hold That Tiger 10
Sounds like multiple people, including your family member, screwed you over here
Posted on 6/22/23 at 11:15 am to Hold That Tiger 10
A fool and his money...
Posted on 6/22/23 at 11:15 am to Hold That Tiger 10
so you bought a mower that didn't work and then were made when it didn't work?
Posted on 6/22/23 at 11:15 am to Hold That Tiger 10
Have you tried taking a ghetto submarine trip to the ocean floor about it?
Posted on 6/22/23 at 11:16 am to Hold That Tiger 10
quote:
I send someone out that knows way more about lawn mowers than me to pick it up if all is well.
quote:
Get it to a guy to clean out the carbeurator, and they tell me that the carbeurator is perfectly clean, but the motor on the lawn mower is shot.
was your lawnmower expert buddy not partially at fault here? Wouldn't checking out the carbeurator be one of the first things he'd have checked?
Posted on 6/22/23 at 11:16 am to Hold That Tiger 10
You screwed yourself
Posted on 6/22/23 at 11:16 am to Hold That Tiger 10
Should post pics of his wife and probably frick her until he gives your money back
Posted on 6/22/23 at 11:16 am to Hold That Tiger 10
Posted on 6/22/23 at 11:16 am to Hold That Tiger 10
quote:
So I send someone out that knows way more about lawn mowers than me to pick it up if all is well.
Sounds like he knows nothing about lawnmowers too
ETA: Unless he was in on the scam as well
This post was edited on 6/22/23 at 11:18 am
Posted on 6/22/23 at 11:17 am to Hold That Tiger 10
Posted on 6/22/23 at 11:18 am to Hold That Tiger 10
What kind of mower/motor?
Posted on 6/22/23 at 11:18 am to Hold That Tiger 10
quote:
So I send someone out that knows way more about lawn mowers than me to pick it up if all is well.
Sounds like you fricked up.
Posted on 6/22/23 at 11:19 am to WG_Dawg
quote:or to see if it actually started?
Wouldn't checking out the carbeurator be one of the first things he'd have checked?
Posted on 6/22/23 at 11:19 am to Hold That Tiger 10
Only $100 to get cleaned was a red flag
Posted on 6/22/23 at 11:19 am to Hold That Tiger 10
Moral of the story:
If something seems too good to be true, it probably is.
I guess it's possible the guy knew that the motor was shot and made up the bit about the carburetor. It's also possible that he thought it was the carburetor and sold it to you in good faith.
Either way, you screwed this deal up my man. For $800 why not say you are going to get it checked out before you pay?
If something seems too good to be true, it probably is.
I guess it's possible the guy knew that the motor was shot and made up the bit about the carburetor. It's also possible that he thought it was the carburetor and sold it to you in good faith.
Either way, you screwed this deal up my man. For $800 why not say you are going to get it checked out before you pay?
Posted on 6/22/23 at 11:20 am to Warfox
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Small claims court
I believe in instances like this, your local Sonic actually has jurisdiction.
Posted on 6/22/23 at 11:20 am to Hold That Tiger 10
You gotta make the guy start the lawnmower before you buy it 
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